From
Mrs. Sheela venugopal
E-1101, mahindra splendour, lbs marg, bhandup west, mumbai - 400 078
Sirs,
Reg: unfortunate horrifying experience during the mum-hyd flight 6e-461 today
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We had a horrific experience today (7th february 2019) morning during our flight 6e - 461 from mumbai to hyderabad. The flight was just taking off, around 7:30 am, the seatbelt signs were still on, when all on a sudden the door of the overhead luggage bin opened up and one of the bags stored inside toppled out and dropped on my daughter's head and then fell down. My daughter was seated on the aisle seat 27-c. (I was sitting on 27-b.) some passengers screamed, but no one from the cabin crew came rushing to look into this and offer any help.
After some time a passenger seated on the seat across ours unfastened his seat belt, got up and came and shut the door of the overhead luggage bin and then went back to his seat. Until then the door of the overhead luggage bin had stood open!
After about 10 minutes, when the seat belt signs were put off, it was then that one of the cabin crew came to put back the fallen bag inside the overhead luggage bin and asked my daughter if she needed some ice, if she was okay. My daughter not wanting to create a scene said she was okay and told me to let it be. It was really by god's grace only that my daughter escaped from getting badly hurt.
But i dread to even imagine how much worse could have happened, during the time the door of the overhead luggage bin had remained hanging open! When i asked the lady crew how the door of the overhead luggage bin (After closing), could have opened up just like that and the bag tumbled out, she said 'i don't know'. And that was the end of the matter as far as she was concerned.
I have narrated this incident here just to bring the safety hazard and the lax attitude of the cabin crew present to the notice of the authority concerned.
Hoping for favourable action,
Sheela venugopal.
7/2/2019
IndiGo customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.